Lex Plotnikoff

Lex Plotnikoff

Background information
Birth name	Alexey Plotnikov
Born	14 June 1982 Moscow, Russia
Genres	Alternative metal, progressive metal, video game music, punk rock
Occupation(s)	Composer, guitarist, arranger, lyricist, painter, graphic designer
Instruments	Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Aural Music, SPV, CD-Maximum
Associated acts	Mechanical Poet Epidemia Black Obelisk Hatecraft Hattifatteners Luna Damien
Website	palmthief.com
Notable instruments
Schecter Blackjack S-1 Schecter Tempest Custom Schecter 007 Elite

Alexey Plotnikov (Russian: Алексей Плотников), better known under stage name Lex Plotnikoff, is the Russian composer and guitar player, founder of progressive metal band Mechanical Poet. He is also known as music composer of game soundtracks and painter/graphic designer whose original style and dazzling technique became one of the most noted Mechanical Poet trademarks. Lex is endorsed by Schecter guitars.^[1]

Biography

Lex started his music career as a guitar player in an alternative band Citi. In 2002 Citi has broken up and Lex has founded Mechanical Poet. The band recorded six albums^[2] in very different styles from progressive metal to punk and alternative rock. In 2007 Plotnikoff was offered to compose several soundtracks for video games developed by Akella. He has also taken part in many projects as composer, guitar player, arranger, orchestrator, lyricist, graphic designer, web designer and fashion designer. In 2010 he released his new electronic music work called Hattifatteners roughly based on the Moomin series by Tove Jansson^[3] and started an industrial music project Luna Damien with one of the ex-Mechanical Poet singers Jerry Lenin. Lex has also written a book about songwriting.

2010 - Stories from the Clay Shore (was distributed through Internet, but later was cancelled due to copyright restrictions and re-released in 2015 with additional tracks and under the title Mistland Prattlers)

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